So it is kind of fitting that the CEO of the largest social network on Earth Facebook Mark Zuckerberg finally got to meet the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis to brief him on his global broadband plans.
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Aquila, a solar-powered aircraft that will beam internet connectivity to places with no internet connection, is part of Facebook’s efforts to bridge the digital divide. No, Zuckerberg offered up a model of the Aquila, Facebook’s massive drone created to beam internet to people who might otherwise not have access.
“They (the Pope and Mr Zuckerberg) spoke of how communication technologies might be used to combat poverty, to encourage a culture of dialogue and to send a message of hope, especially to the needy”.
He also visited with Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi.
Zuckerberg was in the area for a Facebook Q&A in Rome.
Francis received a drone model from the “honored” couple, and was told of the couple’s works at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative which was launched in December 2015.
The Pope has tried his hand at social media; he’s on the Facebook-owned Instagram and Twitter.
During the meeting, Zuckerberg presented Pope Francis a model of the Aquila, a solar-powered aircraft that will beam internet connectivity to locations that do not have it.
The pair met after an natural disaster in central Italy killed more than 250 people.
Zuckerberg said that right now, he’s able to do some “pretty fun things” with his AI assistant, including everything from manipulating the temperature of the house to making him toast. He honeymooned there with Chan, and says he is a student of Latin and Classical history.
Even Mark Zuckerberg knows that when in Rome, you have to go kiss the ring.
Zuckerberg’s last stop was by an Express WiFi stand in Lagos, that makes it possible for entrepreneurs to set up a internet hotspot to help their community access apps and services built by local developers.
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“It turns out that one of those challenges was a lot easier than the other”, Zuckerberg said in a town hall event in Italy.
